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Ted Ray is a Actor British born on 21 november 1905 at Wigan (United-kingdom)
Ted Ray (21 November 1905 – 8 November 1977) was a popular English comedian of the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Ray was born Charlie Olden in Wigan, Lancashire, England. His parents moved to Liverpool within days of his birth, and Liverpudlians regard him as a local. As a comedian of the 1940s and '50s he demonstrated his ad-libbing skills in his weekly radio show Ray's A Laugh from 1949 until 1961.
A music hall comedian, Ray usually played violin badly as part of his act. He also played comedy roles in several British films—notably as the headmaster in Carry On Teacher. He is best remembered for the Sunday lunchtime radio show Ray's a Laugh, a domestic comedy in which Kitty Bluett played his wife. Other actors and actresses who featured on the show included Peter Sellers, Fred Yule, Patricia Hayes, Kenneth Connor, Pat Coombs and Graham Stark; Sellers' earliest appearances predated The Goon Show by a couple of years. In 1940 and 1950 Ray was King Rat of the Grand Order of Water Rats.
Ray was an accomplished golfer, frequently playing with professional sportsmen. Later in his career he appeared with Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Askey and Cyril Fletcher in the comedy radio panel game Does the Team Think?
Ted Ray appeared on television reading on Jackanory (a children's programme) in the 1960s and '70s. For several years, he presented a radio show on BBC Radio 2 in the early 1970s. He was also involved in Jokers Wild, an ITV celebrity comedy game show (1971–74) which was chaired by Barry Cryer. Arthur Askey was another regular on the show.
He married showgirl Dorothy (née Sibil) and the couple had two sons: Robin Ray, a well-known television personality in the 1960s and '70s, who initiated Call My Bluff and specialist classical music shows, and Andrew Ray, a child star of the 1950s who had a long career on stage, film and television.
He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions, in October 1955 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre, and in February 1975, when Andrews surprised him on the doorstep of his Southgate home.
In 1977 he did a half hour interview, talking about his life. This was repeated on Radio 4 Extra's "It's a Funny Business" series (3 Nov 2013).
^ Stevens, Christopher (2010). Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams. John Murray. p. 371. ISBN 1-84854-195-3.
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Ted Ray
Birth name Charlie Olden
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 november 1905 at Wigan (United-kingdom)
Death 8 november 1977 (at 71 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 november 1905 at Wigan (United-kingdom)
Death 8 november 1977 (at 71 years)
Ted Ray (21 November 1905 – 8 November 1977) was a popular English comedian of the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Ray was born Charlie Olden in Wigan, Lancashire, England. His parents moved to Liverpool within days of his birth, and Liverpudlians regard him as a local. As a comedian of the 1940s and '50s he demonstrated his ad-libbing skills in his weekly radio show Ray's A Laugh from 1949 until 1961.
A music hall comedian, Ray usually played violin badly as part of his act. He also played comedy roles in several British films—notably as the headmaster in Carry On Teacher. He is best remembered for the Sunday lunchtime radio show Ray's a Laugh, a domestic comedy in which Kitty Bluett played his wife. Other actors and actresses who featured on the show included Peter Sellers, Fred Yule, Patricia Hayes, Kenneth Connor, Pat Coombs and Graham Stark; Sellers' earliest appearances predated The Goon Show by a couple of years. In 1940 and 1950 Ray was King Rat of the Grand Order of Water Rats.
Ray was an accomplished golfer, frequently playing with professional sportsmen. Later in his career he appeared with Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Askey and Cyril Fletcher in the comedy radio panel game Does the Team Think?
Ted Ray appeared on television reading on Jackanory (a children's programme) in the 1960s and '70s. For several years, he presented a radio show on BBC Radio 2 in the early 1970s. He was also involved in Jokers Wild, an ITV celebrity comedy game show (1971–74) which was chaired by Barry Cryer. Arthur Askey was another regular on the show.
He married showgirl Dorothy (née Sibil) and the couple had two sons: Robin Ray, a well-known television personality in the 1960s and '70s, who initiated Call My Bluff and specialist classical music shows, and Andrew Ray, a child star of the 1950s who had a long career on stage, film and television.
He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions, in October 1955 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre, and in February 1975, when Andrews surprised him on the doorstep of his Southgate home.
In 1977 he did a half hour interview, talking about his life. This was repeated on Radio 4 Extra's "It's a Funny Business" series (3 Nov 2013).
^ Stevens, Christopher (2010). Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams. John Murray. p. 371. ISBN 1-84854-195-3.
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Carry On Teacher (1959)
, 1h26Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Leslie Phillips, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques
Roles William 'Wakie' Wakefield, the Headmaster
Rating61%
During the current term at Maudlin Street Secondary Modern School, William Wakefield (Ted Ray) – who has been at the school for 20 years – is acting headmaster. He spots an advertisement for a headmaster of a brand new school near where he was born and decides to apply for the post.
Please Turn Over (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips, Jean Kent, Julia Lockwood, Joan Sims, Tim Seely
Roles Edward Halliday
Rating62%
In the quiet suburbs of an English town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother, pompous father, and fitness obsessed Aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his secretary Miss Jones.
The Crowning Touch (1959)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh, Maureen Connell
Roles Bert
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.
My Wife's Family (1956)
, 1h16Origin United-kingdom
Actors Ronald Shiner, Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Fabia Drake, Diane Hart, Zena Marshall
Jack Gay, a newlywed with a dominating mother-in-law attempts to surprise his wife Stella with a baby grand piano, but when she overhears him discussing it, she mistakes it for an illegitimate child, particularly with the arrival of his ex girlfriend, the blonde and glamourous Gloria Marsh.
Escape by Night (1953)
, 1h19Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Bonar Colleano, Patrick Barr, Sid James, Avice Landone, Andrew Ray, Ronald Adam
Roles Mr. Weston
Rating57%
Tom Buchan (Colleano) is an alcoholic journalist whose once memorable work has been destroyed by his constant drunken antics that have cost him his future. Buchan boasts to his colleagues that they report news, whilst he makes it. He sees a chance for redemption by getting the life story of Gino Rossi (James), an Italian crime boss on the run. He wins Rossi's confidence by tipping him off to the police coming to arrest them (after Buchnan himself tipped off the police).
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Anthology film
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Ted Ray, Valerie Hobson, Kay Walsh, Jessie Royce Landis, Martita Hunt
Roles George Pepper
Rating61%
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team (Kay Walsh, Ted Ray) bicker with each other, another performer (Martita Hunt), and the theatre manager (Frank Pettingell). In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man (Stanley Holloway) finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law (Betty Ann Davies, Dorothy Gordon, and Mary Merrall respectively). Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again. In the final segment, "Ways and Means", a husband (Michael Trubshawe) informs his wife (Valerie Hobson) that he has gambled away their money, leaving little to pay their debts, especially to Olive (Jessie Royce Landis). They pawn their last few valuable possessions, hoping to win enough in the casino. However, Olive takes the seat the husband was waiting for and proceeds to win a great deal of money. When she gets up, he takes his rightful place and loses all he has. That night, the couple awake to find Olive's butler, Murdoch (Jack Warner), trying to steal from them. After laughing at him (since they have nothing worth the effort), the wife proposes he rob from his employer and split the money with them. Murdoch takes Olive's winnings, but double crosses the couple, only to end up caught by the police.